PSoTD

We appear to have a small epidemic of bloggers quitting, or taking a break. The newest case is Susie Madrak at Suburban Guerrilla. Let her know that our loss will hopefully be a very good gain for her.

I was tagged by Creature, and so here, on Christmas night, is my gift to you - tales of my existence, 4 of which are true, one is not, and it is up to you to determine which is the falsehood. Good luck!

1) I almost flunked out of high school. Freshman year I cut class almost the entire year and had an abysmal grade average and total number of credits. I had to haul ass the following three years just to graduate.

2) I was stabbed in the arm in junior high school. It was during science class, and I covered my arm with my other hand to slow down the bleeding. I had to tell the teacher that I needed to go to the nurse, and he didn't believe me, so I moved my hand and the blood poured out. He turned white, which was kind of funny to see from my vantage point, and walked me down to the nurse's office while I kept my hand on my arm to slow the bleeding.

3) One of my college professors told me that I could be the next Tom Hanks. And he meant it, I guess. Tom Hanks had been a student in our department just about 4 years before me.

4) I sometimes blog naked. There's not much more to say about that, except you might be able to tell that by the subject matter of some of my posts.

5) In the early days of the Web, I was interviewed a couple of times on radio for a web site I built, and the web site was also on television a few times. It was a big ego trip for me, and opened my eyes to the power of the Internet.

And as a continuation of this Christmas gift, I tag the following presenters: Michael, Uncle Horn Head, Gort42, Kathy, and Ron.

Fester finally got sick of them and moved to Typepad. Hoorah!

Jeff at Speedkill's right. One of the things that happens when something becomes ubiquitous, as Christmas does at this time of year, is that ownership is lost. I don't think the Christian faiths "own" Christmas any more than Merriam-Webster owns language at this point. It's for all of us to enjoy if we so choose, in the manner we choose to celebrate, in the beliefs we choose to honor. That's the cost of trying to make something universal.

He is was a victim of Bloggerineptiatitis.

Understanding some of the benefit of blogging pseudonomously.

Isn't that something we should strive for?

From Seeing the Forest:

Wal-Mart is not "bad" because it pays low wages or skimps on providing health care. If they did that, Target could charge lower prices and customer might go to Target instead. They're just doing their job, as WE, the people, through our government, define it through our laws.

So whose job IS it to provide for higher wages and health care? It is OUR job - the people - through OUR laws and regulations. WE are the ones who have dropped the ball on higher wages and health care. WE tell companies what to do - or the system doesn't work. If WE, through our government, require ALL companies to pay higher wages and provide health care that levels the playing field for Wal-Mart's competition with Target.

How... immoral. More at Collective Sigh.